Improvement in toy money-boxes



0. A. BAILEY. Toy Money-Box.

No. 221,998. Patented Nov. 25, 1 879.

WITNESSES F NVENTOR ZZ/fla ATTORNEY N FETERS, FMDTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, D 0' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, on COBALT, ooNnnoTIoUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY MONEY-BOXES.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 221,998, dated November 25, 1879; application filed October 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, of Cobalt, in the county of lVliddleseX and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Toy Watch- Banks; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my improved toy watch-bank, and Fig. 2 is a central section thereof.

This invention has for its object to devise a cheap pocket-bank for carrying pennies, and

presenting the appearance of a watch.

The nature of the invention will be fully set forth hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates my improved bankwatch, composed of two cast-metal caps, to a, hinged together at one edge, and connected together at its other edge by a spring-catch connection.

The caps are cast'complete, and when taken out of the mold are ready to be put together.

' Secured to the cap a is a second cap, 1), forming therewith a receptacle, 0, into which the pennies are passed through slot 8, formed in cap I) at its junction with the cap a aforesaid.

The cap I) is usually stamped out of sheet metal, and is provided with the representation of a watch face and hands.

The exterior faces of the caps are neatly ornamented and finished, and the whole presents very much the appearance of a huntingcase watch.

This device will be found very convenient as a means for preventing coppers and small silver coins from getting lost in the pocket, and affords the boys a toy in imitation of a watch that they will greatly appreciate.

The caps being, as aforesaid, cast with their ornaments, hinge-lugs, and other attachments complete, the watch-bankis produced, at a very small cost, from white-metal, German silver, or other metallic alloys.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The watch-shaped toy bank'consisting of the cast-metal caps to a, hinged together at one side and connected at the other by a spring-catch, and the cap b, secured to the cap a, forming the receptacle 0, and having the slot 8, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. BAILEY. 

